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- Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 19:49:21 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
- Subject: Re: MAUS
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- In-Reply-To: <memo.245801@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9405301921.A18425-0100000@undergrad>
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- On Mon, 30 May 1994, Ofir Gal wrote:
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- > In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9405301540.C17681-0100000@undergrad>
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- > In message <Pine.3.87.9405301540.C17681-0100000@undergrad>, millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu said:
- > >Are you not concerned about the danger to the document? The existence of
- > >UNDO does not make me feel any better. I souldn't have to worry about
- > >it. Ctrl-A makes me worry. LOOK at the keyboard. Ctrl is right next to
- > >A, so it's easy to mistakenly hit, and then to make it do something as
- > >dangerous as selecting the whole document is pure madness.
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- > I don't knopw what this obsession with CTRL+A is. I have NEVER lost a
- > document like this, I never pressed CTRL+A by mistake. If it comes to a
- > vote I'll keep it the way it is. It is one of the few key combos that are
- > already standard on the ST and across platform.
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- > The purpose of this mail list is to establish a standard, not to create
- > another one which nobody follows.
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- > Bye,
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- > Ofir ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk
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- What I'm suggesting is that Ctrl-A be REMOVED from the standard.
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- I'm not the only person with this concern. And besides that, the fact
- that it has been mentioned is grounds for it to be considered.
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